Carey reappointed as Probate chief justice

Trial Court Chief Justice Robert A. Mulligan today announced the reappointment of Probate & Family Court Chief Justice Paula M. Carey to a second five-year term beginning Sept. 27.

Mulligan praised Carey’s “many substantial improvements” to the court, including guardianship reform, implementation of the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code, development of interdisciplinary settlement project teams and training to address the significant changes resulting from alimony reform.

Carey was appointed to the Probate & Family Court bench in 2001. She received a Judicial Excellence Award from the Massachusetts Judges Conference in 2004 and the Daniel J. Toomey Award from the Massachusetts Bar Association in 2006.

She was presented with the Distinguished Jurist Award from the Massachusetts Association of Women Lawyers in 2009, and in 2011 received the Boston Bar Association’s Citation of Excellence, the Middlesex Bar Association’s Distinguished Jurist Award and the Haskell Freedman Award, given by the Massachusetts Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.